Catterick 4.40
Straightothepoint 8/1 365 7/1 unibet/victor/betway 13/2 skybet/sunbets/corals/betfred/totesport/10bet/188bet.
Veterans handicap Meshardal second in it last season has obvious chance again even though 9 pound higher and the one at bottome of weights extrasolar is chucked in was just behind meshardal last season in the race and has maasive 20 pound pull for a hd,that one's an 8yr old now and prices have collapsed.It also has a 21 pound pull with meshardal for 3/4l just two weeks later so racing off just 60 hasn't won for a long time and the weather has complicated things as 15mm of rain last night,i presumed it would be gd/sft they have the ground as good which seems hard to believe yet Windsor had 7mm of rain on gd/fm yet they are forecast as gd/sft i'd be slightly suspicious of both goings unless Windsor had already been overwatered.Extrasolars runs later in season on softer ground weren't as good so without seeing a few races impossible tio know how it will really be riding,although I think good ground would be ok for it..
Going to have a small bet on straightothepoint a horse I always back first time out or second run has great record fresh won second race back in 2015 season off 73 and has been so consistent has been stuck between that mark and low to mid 80s till its last two runs when finally got dropped .This season has been dropped three pound from 72 now to just 69 so lowest since 2014,as mentioned won second run back 2016,then 2016 won off 79 back first run of the season and 2017 was second first two runs back off 82 and 84,the horse has only won three races yet was stuck in the high 70s and low 80s even though very consistent..Last season was alsi third over tomorrows c/d to meshardal beaten 2 1/4ls has a 12 pound turnaround from that race with meshardal off same mark,its for m deteriorated last four runs of last season strangely graham lee being on all those runs he also rides it tomorrow as well so will be watching this closely..You could make excuses those runs were over 5fs has never won over that trip,another was on the aw has had one run this season at Beverley drawn in car park from 17 draw behind extrasolar,tomorrow drawn in 3 the break will be interesting as nearly always leads or up with pace.
Hard to know if its on downgrade but if it runs to profile,usually front runs decent draw and runs well handicapped the obvious negatives are brian smarts out of form and graham lees had one winner from last 40 rides so would be impossible to be overconfident just draw mark and usiall early season form..Am not even sure of the ground as used to like it,but all recent form has been on faster ground,probably will be ok s long as not worse than gd/sft..betting will be very interesting if this doesn't shorten in this grade i'b be looking at this in future races,three mentioned look the three most likely winners.I like graham lee on these strong travelling typoes will be interesting to see if its actially trying as so far he has a terrible record on it..Really you'd expect this to be going off nearer to 4/1 7/2 in this grade if stable are trying and think they have it right..
Looks a bit ominous should've been well backed in this race especvially with profile 8/1 and 15/2 generally now..especially as I said they seemed to have changed both goings at the meetings back now to gd/gdfm. 8/1 365/victor/sportinbet/lads/betbright
10s on betfair,hard to believe its trying at that price unless there's late money be interesting to see if it misses break which would be totally out of all known form.